From 7003170e61f143c2b1bf944e2895ff89fd38026d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Arnold <dar@xoe.solutions>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:40:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] imp: provide per channel modules paths to make it easy to
 "backport"

a module. imports = [ ${myChannelModulesPathk}/installer/...

Signed-off-by: David Arnold <dar@xoe.solutions>
---
 .../configurations/Morty.host.nix               |  8 ++++++--
 systemFlake.nix                                 | 17 +++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/fully-featured/configurations/Morty.host.nix b/examples/fully-featured/configurations/Morty.host.nix
index 1f0fabe2..16a1c13c 100644
--- a/examples/fully-featured/configurations/Morty.host.nix
+++ b/examples/fully-featured/configurations/Morty.host.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{ ... }: {
+# auto-special args <channelName>ModulesPath for easy backporting of modules
+{ unstableModulesPath, ... }: {
+
+  imports = [ "${unstableModulesPath}/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal-new-kernel.nix" ];
+  disabledModules = [ "installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal-new-kernel.nix" ];
+
   boot.loader.grub.devices = [ "nodev" ];
-  fileSystems."/" = { device = "test"; fsType = "ext4"; };
 }
diff --git a/systemFlake.nix b/systemFlake.nix
index 3feda486..ada45260 100644
--- a/systemFlake.nix
+++ b/systemFlake.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 let
   inherit (flake-utils-plus.lib) eachSystem patchChannel;
-  inherit (builtins) foldl' mapAttrs removeAttrs attrValues isAttrs isList;
+  inherit (builtins) foldl' mapAttrs removeAttrs attrValues attrNames isAttrs isList;
 
   # set defaults and validate host arguments
   evalHostArgs =
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ let
     , extraArgs ? { }
       # These are not part of the module system, so they can be used in `imports` lines without infinite recursion
     , specialArgs ? { }
-    }: { inherit channelName system output builder modules extraArgs specialArgs; };
+    }: {
+      inherit channelName system output builder modules extraArgs specialArgs;
+    };
 
   # recursively merge attribute sets and lists up to a certain depth
   mergeAny = lhs: rhs:
@@ -91,8 +93,15 @@ let
       lib = selectedNixpkgs.lib;
       # Use nixos modules from patched nixpkgs
       baseModules = import (patchedChannel + "/nixos/modules/module-list.nix");
-      # Override `modulesPath` because otherwise imports from there will not use patched nixpkgs
-      specialArgs = { modulesPath = builtins.toString (patchedChannel + "/nixos/modules"); } // host.specialArgs;
+      specialArgs = let
+        f = channelName:
+          { "${channelName}ModulesPath" = builtins.toString (channels.${channelName}.input + "/nixos/modules"); };
+      in
+        # Add `<channelName>ModulesPath`s
+        (foldl' (lhs: rhs: lhs // rhs) {} (map f (attrNames channels)))
+        # Override `modulesPath` because otherwise imports from there will not use patched nixpkgs
+        // { modulesPath = builtins.toString (patchedChannel + "/nixos/modules"); }
+        // host.specialArgs;
       # The only way to find out if a host has `nixpkgs.config` set to
       # the non-default value is by evalling most of the config.
       hostConfig = (lib.evalModules {